In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
SUPREMACIES
Noun
supremacies
plural of supremacy
Source: Wiktionary
SUPREMACY
Su*prem"a*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. suprématie. See Supreme.]
Definition: The state of being supreme, or in the highest station of power; highest or supreme authority or power; as, the supremacy of a king or a parliament. The usurped power of the pope being destroyed, the crown was restored to its supremacy over spiritual men and causes. Blackstone. Oath supremacy, an oath which acknowledges the supremacy of the sovereign in spiritual affairs, and renounced or abjures the supremacy of the pope in ecclesiastical or temporal affairs. [Eng.] Brande & C.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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